The superintendent wants to close the school; the board has delayed a decision.
Posted inInvestigations, Schools
Nepotism cases against two New Orleans charter school leaders have dragged on for years
In 2012 and 2014, the state ethics board charged Paulette Bruno and Doris Roché-Hicks with breaking state law because five family members worked at charter schools they run. Years later, the charges remain unresolved.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Memo to liberal media: New Orleans hasn’t just ‘joined’ movement against white supremacy
A moment in which we deserve to love ourselves
Posted inCriminal Justice
DA can’t say how often fake subpoenas were used, and it’s too hard to look
In rejecting a public-records request from The Lens, the district attorney’s office said it was too burdensome.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Opinion
Reader slams two Lens columns on Israel, declaring them anti-Semitic rants
Accuses Lens of ‘selective outrage’
Posted inCriminal Justice
Will prosecutors who sent fake subpoenas face any consequences?
The possibilities include disciplinary action, federal charges, and nothing at all.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Opinion
Remembering Deb Cotton: New Orleans must hold leaders accountable for violence prevention
She died Tuesday. Here’s the column she wrote while she was still hospitalized from her injuries in the Mother’s Day second-line shooting in 2013.
Posted inOpinion, Schools
Their art proves therapeutic for young poets in violence-torn New Orleans
And yet arts programming in schools nationwide is on the wane.
Posted inOpinion
Our jazz is culturally black, but its global dissemination owes a lot to Italians
Benito Mussolini dug it big-time
Posted inCriminal Justice
Woman who got fake subpoena from Orleans DA says she was threatened with jail twice
One of the threats came after her lawyer asked a judge to throw out the notice.